Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

40 Linux Kernel CVEs in March 2022

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In March 2022, 40 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 21 were rated High severity and 18 Medium. 2 vulnerabilities were confirmed as actively exploited in the wild via the CISA KEV catalog, including CVE-2022-0492, CVE-2022-0847 . March's 40 CVEs represent 13% of all 2022 Linux kernel CVEs , up from February's 27 (a 48% month-over-month increase) .

40
Total CVEs
0
Critical
21
High
18
Medium
1
Low
2
KEV Exploited

Actively Exploited CVEs — March 2022

2 CVEs in CISA KEV
KEV highlight

2 Linux kernel CVEs from March 2022 are confirmed as actively exploited in the wild via the CISA KEV catalog: CVE-2022-0492, CVE-2022-0847 .

CVE ID Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2022-0492 High KEV 7.8 2022-03-03 A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s cgroup_release_agent_write in the kernel/cgroup/cgr…
CVE-2022-0847 High KEV 7.8 2022-03-10 A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper …
KEV data sourced from CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
All CVEs — March 2022 40 CVEs
All (40) Critical (0) High (21) Medium (18) Low (1)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2022-0435 linux High 8.8 2022-03-25 A stack overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TIPC protocol functionality in the way a user sends a packet with…
CVE-2022-27223 linux High 8.8 2022-03-16 In drivers/usb/gadget/udc/udc-xilinx.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.12, the endpoint index is not validated and migh…
CVE-2021-4157 linux High 8.0 2022-03-25 An out of memory bounds write flaw (1 or 2 bytes of memory) in the Linux kernel NFS subsystem was found in the way user…
CVE-2022-0998 linux High 7.8 2022-03-30 An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s virtio device driver code in the way a user triggers the vhost…
CVE-2022-1055 linux High 7.8 2022-03-29 A use-after-free exists in the Linux Kernel in tc_new_tfilter that could allow a local attacker to gain privilege escal…
CVE-2022-0995 linux High 7.8 2022-03-25 An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s watch_queue event notification subsystem. This…
CVE-2022-0330 linux High 7.8 2022-03-25 A random memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GPU i915 kernel driver functionality in the way a user may …
CVE-2022-0500 linux High 7.8 2022-03-25 A flaw was found in unrestricted eBPF usage by the BPF_BTF_LOAD, leading to a possible out-of-bounds memory write in th…
CVE-2021-4197 linux High 7.8 2022-03-23 An unprivileged write to the file handler flaw in the Linux kernel's control groups and namespaces subsystem was found …
CVE-2022-1011 linux High 7.8 2022-03-18 A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s FUSE filesystem in the way a user triggers write(). This flaw all…
CVE-2022-0516 linux High 7.8 2022-03-10 A vulnerability was found in kvm_s390_guest_sida_op in the arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c function in KVM for s390 in the Lin…
CVE-2022-0847 linux High KEV 7.8 2022-03-10 A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in co…
CVE-2022-26490 linux High 7.8 2022-03-06 st21nfca_connectivity_event_received in drivers/nfc/st21nfca/se.c in the Linux kernel through 5.16.12 has EVT_TRANSACTI…
CVE-2022-0492 linux High KEV 7.8 2022-03-03 A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s cgroup_release_agent_write in the kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c function. T…
CVE-2021-3715 linux High 7.8 2022-03-02 A flaw was found in the "Routing decision" classifier in the Linux kernel's Traffic Control networking subsystem in the…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in March 2022?

40 Linux kernel CVEs were published in March 2022, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 21 High, and 18 Medium.

Which Linux kernel CVEs from March 2022 are actively exploited?

2 Linux kernel CVEs from March 2022 are listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: CVE-2022-0492 (CVSS 7.8), CVE-2022-0847 (CVSS 7.8) . This indicates confirmed active exploitation in the wild. View all actively exploited 2022 CVEs →

How does March 2022 compare to other months?

March 2022's 40 CVEs represent 13% of all 2022 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to February's 27 CVEs, this was a 48% increase month-over-month. View the full 2022 breakdown →

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